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You’ve gone through all the effort of making pizza at home and the next step is to actually divide that puppy up. But how do you do it without turning your perfect creation into a slaughtered mess of sauce and cheese? The answer, of course, is a super sharp pizza cutter, which allows you to smoothly slice into a long expanse of crust.
The classic handled pizza wheel design has been performing this function for a long time now, which is why we're especially partial to Progressive International’s PL8 (available at Amazon) . In addition to making short work of pizza, it’s actually surprisingly versatile, as it slides seamlessly though different kinds of dough. So is it really necessary to reinvent the wheel? From scissors to rocker blades, we explore this question further with our exhaustive guide to our favorite pizza cutters.
Composed of an 18/10 stainless steel blade, a silicone-coated handle, and a zinc cutter body, the PL8 was appealingly weighty in our hand yet perfectly in balance and comfortable to use.
Efficient at cutting with stainless steel blade
Comfortable to handle
Includes blade guard
None that we could find
Reliable 12-inch hardened stainless steel blades
Nylon non-stick base doubles as servingware
Not useful on raw dough
A little difficult to clean
Well-balanced in the hand
Includes secondary square blade for tough cuts
Includes wheel blade guard
Does not include guard for the secondary blade
Built-in blade guard
Comfortable in the hand
Compact
Could make better cuts
While most of us are familiar with the standard handled wheel, methods and modes for cutting pizzas have really evolved over the years. The most notable additions to the market are non-handled wheels (easy to store and ergonomic), scissors (fun to use and good for creating incredibly straight and even slices), and rocking blades, for when you’re looking to exert shear force on your dinner.
Depending on the average dimensions of what you’re looking to slice, dinky blades can be woefully inefficient while larger ones can be overkill. And besides obvious considerations like usability, durability, and storability, we’d say safety is key in the world of pizza cutters. After all, we’re talking about sharp blades, meaning it’s imperative that you’re never at risk of injuring yourself while actively cutting a pizza or reaching into the depths of your kitchen drawers.
Sarah Zorn
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Sarah Zorn is a food writer, cookbook author, and product tester for Reviewed, Wirecutter and the Food Network. She regularly contributes to outlets such as Saveur, Esquire, and Civil Eats, and has very much passed her food obsessions down, as her beloved rescue hound, Rowdy, regularly deglazes his kibble bowl.
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